Enterpreneurship Minor

Are you a problem-solver, innovator, or change maker? 
Do you want to make an impact in your community or change the world? 

By minoring in Entrepreneurship, you will sharpen your creative thinking and problem-solving skills, develop your entrepreneurial mindset, start your own business, develop a new product, or become an innovator in an established company. 

The interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Minor was designed to complement any major area of study by introducing knowledge and skills needed to create value through recognizing and developing opportunities. 

With this minor, you will develop skills and knowledge in the entrepreneurial process, business feasibility analysis, customer discovery, business planning, innovation, opportunity recognition, technology transfer, industry analysis, and startup strategy. You will learn to develop an entrepreneurial mindset that applies to business creation or employment within an existing firm or organization.

Get Started

1. Talk with your academic advisor

Let them know that you plan to pursue the Entrepreneurship minor.

Your advisor will initiate a Curriculum Change Form that will be processed by your college.

2. Determine your courses to complete the minor

Required courses (6 credits):

Elective Courses (6 credits):

Electives from an approved list of entrepreneurship-related courses or other choices under the required courses above. You are encouraged to take electives within your major college.

Experiential Learning (3 credits):

See all Experiential Learning options on the Entrepreneurship Minor website:

Opportunity Type

  • Academic
  • Course
  • Creative/Technical
  • Entrepreneurship

Skills and Competencies

  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Creative Problem-Solving
  • Critical Thinking
  • Innovation
  • Personal Development
  • Professional Development
  • Technology

Eligible Majors

  • Agricultural and Life Sciences Education
  • Agriculture and Life Sciences Exploration
  • Agricultural Communication
  • Agricultural and Rural Policy Studies
  • Agricultural Business
  • Agricultural Studies
  • Agricultural Systems Technology
  • Agronomy
  • Animal Ecology
  • Animal Science
  • Biochemistry
  • Biology
  • Culinary Food Science
  • Dairy Science
  • Diet and Exercise
  • Dietetics
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Food Science
  • Forestry
  • Genetics
  • Global Resource Systems
  • Horticulture
  • Industrial Technology
  • International Agriculture
  • Microbiology
  • Nursing
  • Nutritional Science
  • Seed Science

For Students In

  • Second year
  • Third year
  • Fourth year and beyond

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